Stuart Clark

Should you copy code? It is a much-discussed question and has been since… well, forever! Do you get stuck when writing your network automation code? If you said yes, you won’t be the first and most certainly be the last either. I was asked once when in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live, R…

Before I joined the awesome Cisco DevNet team, I worked for Cisco on two of their biggest cloud platforms as a network engineer. My old team and I designed and built one of biggest Cisco Data Center footprints AND we did it all manually. Yes, no automation! We mostly used notepad files as templates,…

The author of this blog is Stefano Gridelli, Co-Founder and CEO at NetBeez, Inc. I am happy to announce a new powerful integration between NetBeez and Cisco. Starting with Cisco IOS-XE version 16.12.1, Cisco users can install the NetBeez docker agent on Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches. This new…

My father is a real craftsman.  He always used to tell me whilst I was growing up (and still does to this day :-), “you cannot do all the jobs with the same tool. You would not use a hammer to cut wood, right?” He’s right of course, and the same folk wisdom is true for network automation. As of yet…

It’s Monday 4th March 06:00, my alarm is going off and it is time to get that much required cardio in. Whilst I am peddling away on my exercise bike like a hamster on a wheel, I am thinking of my day ahead. Most of my planning is done whilst I exercise in the morning. I like to think of the go…

You have no doubt heard the saying that ‘once you know one language you will be able to pick and learn the next language quicker.’ I’ve heard this both for learning to speak another language and also in the coding world. I wanted to put this to the test. Before I start, when I say…

Have you read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland? This is one of my favorite childhood books. The Cheshire Cat, known for its distinctive mischievous grin, and The Mad Hatter, an impolite hatter who lives in perpetual tea-time. At Christmas time my family and I sit and read the book in the eveni…

As always, when the year begins to come to a close, I think back on the year we are about to leave behind – the events, challenges, fun, and people that have made this year so great. It’s a great feeling. But if you’re like me, you don’t get too far into the festive seasonal…

Get your free DevNet account for access to our developer resources, learning labs, and sandbox. A few weeks back I shared this blog post New XR Programmability Learning Labs and Sandbox introducing the new IOS-XR Learning Lab and a dedicated sandbox environment for IOS-XR programmability. This IOS-X…